I care, and I feel confident in saying about others that it’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we don’t know what to do with our caring. We are all troubled by the state of the world, but we need to be in communion with others about these woes if we are to feel we can do anything to improve things. When we feel alone with these concerns, it is easy to feel quickly disempowered.
I think what seems like apathy is actually just acute and chronic overwhelm. The problems we face! They seem too big and too far beyond our sphere of influence. We have been divided, atomised, and this leaves us feeling disempowered. I don’t believe in a secret kabal either, but I know it seems the power to make change lies outside the reach of us individuals observing with sadness as the world goes to the dogs.
It only seems that way, and I for one would like to challenge this misperception and start organising people to make changes to culture as a collective. Do you have ideas for how we can do this? Or examples we can get involved with? I am starting some groups in my local community and would love for us all to make a living by providing progressive and sustainable services to our communities. Decentralised online communities have also been interesting me lately, bringing together like-minded folk over shared ideas for implementing cultural change at a community level.
I think you're right as well that this work of contributing positive culture starts with enlivening our dull minds ~ with the clarity and perception that results from a strong meditation practice, we can trust that our cultural endeavours will have benefit and be worthwhile. So long as that dullness remains, we will just be recreating new versions of old patterns.
WOW!
This "article" is beyond.
Eric brother you are a LIGHT <3<3
You just lit me up big time. And I'll pass it on.
Love brother
I care, and I feel confident in saying about others that it’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we don’t know what to do with our caring. We are all troubled by the state of the world, but we need to be in communion with others about these woes if we are to feel we can do anything to improve things. When we feel alone with these concerns, it is easy to feel quickly disempowered.
I think what seems like apathy is actually just acute and chronic overwhelm. The problems we face! They seem too big and too far beyond our sphere of influence. We have been divided, atomised, and this leaves us feeling disempowered. I don’t believe in a secret kabal either, but I know it seems the power to make change lies outside the reach of us individuals observing with sadness as the world goes to the dogs.
It only seems that way, and I for one would like to challenge this misperception and start organising people to make changes to culture as a collective. Do you have ideas for how we can do this? Or examples we can get involved with? I am starting some groups in my local community and would love for us all to make a living by providing progressive and sustainable services to our communities. Decentralised online communities have also been interesting me lately, bringing together like-minded folk over shared ideas for implementing cultural change at a community level.
I think you're right as well that this work of contributing positive culture starts with enlivening our dull minds ~ with the clarity and perception that results from a strong meditation practice, we can trust that our cultural endeavours will have benefit and be worthwhile. So long as that dullness remains, we will just be recreating new versions of old patterns.